Luvnest's GCS meta game

This post covers the meta choices by the second contender to the GCS crown, Luvnest. Like his opponent DevM, he was directly seeded and thus did not go through the placement matches.

The post will follow the same format as the one for DevM. Please check out that post first as the descriptions regarding were the data comes from and how to read the tables will be brief here.

Basic stats

Luvnest was the only player in the semifinals that used all factions at least once in the rounds before. So far, the only games he lost was G1 of the Semifinals against HelpingHans' UKF and G3 against Lt.Baumy's Soviets.

And while DevM played significantly more games as allies, or more specifically as USF (6:9, axis:allies), Luvnest shows a perfect 7:7 split.

Similar to the faction choices, Luvnest played on all four maps. He did most matches on Kholodny Ferma which DevM did not play a single game on. However, this map is the only one he lost on.

Faction meta

Ostheer

Luvnest used Ostheer five times, once against Soviets and USF each, and thrice against the UKF.

games

commanders

vs.

4

Lightning War Doctrine

Blitzkrieg Doctrine

Elite Troops Doctrine

soviets100%

usf 0%

ukf100%

1

Lightning War Doctrine

Mechanized Assault Doctrine

Mobile Defense Doctrine

soviets 0%

usf100%

ukf 0%

Luvnest employed two different loadouts, one that he used against Soviets and UKF, the other on his sole game vs. USF. He picked Lightning War and Blitzkrieg twice and Elite Troops once.

In most cases Luvnest teched T1, T2 and T3. The exception was G1 vs. Finndeed which was too short, G3 against Lt.Baumy where he skipped T3 for T4 and G3 vs. HelpingHans where T2 was skipped.

"Buildings":

unit

total

games

of

Tellermine

21

4

5

S-mine field

4

3

5

unit

total

games

of

Medic Station

5

5

5

Luvnest did not plant Tellermines in every game, but the total number of Tellermines is huge. Note though that through the way the commands are extracted from the replay file the number of mines likely is at least somewhat inflated.

Infantry units:

unit

total

games

of

Grenadiers

18

5

5

PaK 40

8

4

4

MG42

6

5

5

GrW 34 Mortar Team

5

4

5

unit

total

games

of

Pioneers

5

4

5

Sniper

2

2

5

Panzergrenadiers

1

1

4

While Luvnest is known to be a very skilled sniper user, so far he used it only twice. While of course grenadiers form the mainline infantry for OH, Luvnest relied less on them compared to DevM (18 in 5 games vs. 20 in 4 games for DevM). On the other hand he made more use of PaKs and mortars, which DevM used twice and not at all, respectively.

Vehicles:

unit

total

games

of

Panzer IV

5

3

3

StuG G

5

3

3

SdKfz. 222

4

3

4

Command Panzer IV

2

2

2

unit

total

games

of

SdKfz. 251

2

1

4

Tiger PzKpfw VI

1

1

2

Panther PzKpfw V

1

1

1

Flakpanzer IV Ostwind

1

1

3

Luvnest relied mostly on T3 vehicles of which he built significantly more than DevM did.

Build orders:

1st unit

2nd unit

3rd unit

4th unit

5th unit

5

5

3

2

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

Soviets

Luvnest used Soviets twice, namely against Aimstrong's OH in the Quarterfinals. While this means that he used it more than DevM (which did not pick Soviets once), it is in strong contrast to the ESL series where he almost exclusively picked SOV on the allied side.

games

commanders

vs.

2

Soviet Reserve Army

Counterattack Tactics

Lend Lease Tactics

ostheer100%

In the first game Luvnest picked Lend Lease and then went Penals into T3, into M4C Shermans. In the second he went with Counterattack Tactics and initially only built T1. After calling in KV-1s, he built T2 for a ZiS-3.

Infantry units:

unit

total

games

of

Penal Battalion

8

2

2

Combat Engineers

7

2

2

Scout Sniper

3

2

2

unit

total

games

of

ZiS-3

2

1

1

DShK 38 Heavy Machine Gun

1

1

1

Luvnest used Penals as main infantry force, backed up by several Combat Engineers. Unlike in his OH matches, he used Snipers extensively. However, he called in only one DShK.

Vehicles:

unit

total

games

of

KV-1

5

1

1

M4C Sherman

3

1

1

unit

total

games

of

M3A1 Light Scout Car

1

1

2

Given that Luvnest used only strategies that are mostly about call-ins, it is not surprising that he called in many M4Cs and KV-1s. A bit unusual, however, is that he did not use any T3 unit like e.g. a T-70.

Build orders:

1st unit

2nd unit

3rd unit

4th unit

5th unit

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

OKW

Luvnest used OKW twice, once against Finndeed's USF and once against Lt.Baumy's Soviets. In both games he used the same loadout:

games

commanders

vs.

2

Special Operations Doctrine

Luftwaffe Ground Forces Doctrine

Fortifications Doctrine

soviets100%

usf100%

He ended up picking Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Fortifications against Finndeed and Lt.Baumy, respectively.

In both games he teched for BG-HQ first, followed by Schwere Panzer-HQ. In the second game (which he ended up losing), he built Mech-Reg. at the 30 minute mark.

Infantry units:

unit

total

games

of

Volksgrenadiers

6

2

MG34 Heavy Machine Gun

4

2

Raketenwerfer

3

2

unit

total

games

of

Obersoldaten

3

2

Sturmpioniere

2

1

7.5cm le.IG

2

2

Luvnest used all of the stock infantry based units OKW has to offer. For some reason he did not call in any Fallschirmjäger which otherwise would be considered one of the main selling points for the Luftwaffe Ground Forces Doctrine. Instead, he fielded Obersoldaten squads in both games.

Vehicles:

unit

total

games

of

Panzer IV Ausf. J

2

1

unit

total

games

of

Kübelwagen

1

1

Luvnest barely used any OKW vehicles (G1 against Finndeed was over before the queued Panzer IV hit the field).

Build orders:

1st unit

2nd unit

3rd unit

4th unit

5th unit

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

USF

Luvnest used USF four times. Twice against HelpingHans' OH, and against Finndeed's and Lt.Baumy's OKW.

games

commanders

vs.

4

Armor Company

Tactical Support Company

Heavy Cavalry Company

ostheer100%

okw100%

He used the same commander loadout in each of the games. Against Finndeed he did not use any of them, in all other cases he picked Armor Company. He teched Lt. into Captain twice, and Captain into Lt. twice as well. He used the Major only in the game against Finndeed.

Infantry units:

unit

total

games

of

Riflemen

13

4

4

M1 81mm Mortar Team

3

3

4

M1 57mm Anti-Tank Gun

2

2

4

unit

total

games

of

M2HB .50 cal

1

1

4

M1 75mm Pack Howitzer

1

1

4

Luvnest uses about three Riflemen per game, similar to DevM. However, unlike DevM, he deployed more indirect fire units (of which DevM did not use any) but way less .50 cals.

Vehicles:

unit

total

games

of

105mm Bulldozer Sherman

5

3

3

WC54 ¾ Ton Ambulance

4

4

4

M10 'Wolverine'

4

3

3

unit

total

games

of

M5A1 Stuart

3

3

4

M20 Utility Car

2

2

4

Luvnest did not build a single unit from the Major's tier. The most used vehicle was the Bulldozer Sherman.

Build orders:

1st unit

2nd unit

3rd unit

4th unit

5th unit

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

UKF

Luvnest used UKF only in G1 in the series against Lt.Baumy so there is no point doing a summary here. For meta information, please check out the tables for that game.

Games

This section lists all of Luvnest's games from all rounds.

Round of 32

Luvnest vs. Finndeed

3:0

G1

Finndeed

usf

vs.

Luvnest

okw

Kholodny Ferma (Summer)

Commander loadout:

Commander loadout:

Commander picked:

Commander picked:

Teching:

Teching:

Build order:

min.

Finndeed

Luvnest

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

G2

Luvnest

usf

vs.

Finndeed

okw

Kholodny Ferma (Summer)

Commander loadout:

Commander loadout:

Commander picked:

Commander picked:

Teching:

Teching:

Build order:

min.

Luvnest

Finndeed

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

G3

Finndeed

usf

vs.

Luvnest

ostheer

Crossing in the Woods

Commander loadout:

Commander loadout:

Commander picked:

Commander picked:

Teching:

Teching:

Build order:

min.

Finndeed

Luvnest

0

2

4

6

8

10

Round of 16

Luvnest vs. Lt.Baumy

3:1

G1

Luvnest

ukf

vs.

Lt.Baumy

okw

Crossing in the Woods

Commander loadout:

Commander loadout:

Commander picked:

Commander picked:

Teching:

Teching:

Build order:

min.

Luvnest

Lt.Baumy

0

2

4

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

G2

Lt.Baumy

soviets

vs.

Luvnest

ostheer

Crossing in the Woods

Commander loadout:

Commander loadout:

Commander picked:

Commander picked:

Teching:

Teching:

Build order:

min.

Lt.Baumy

Luvnest

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

G3

Lt.Baumy

soviets

vs.

Luvnest

okw

Kholodny Ferma (Summer)

Commander loadout:

Commander loadout:

Commander picked:

Commander picked:

Teching:

Teching:

Build order:

min.

Lt.Baumy

Luvnest

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

G4

Unfortunately, the replay file for G4, so no build order for this game.